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A Fable by William Faulkner (still don't see why it's so unpopular)
A book about the show Nip/Tuck (surprisingly sophisticated)
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward by HP Lovecraft (the only Lovecraft story I hadn't read)

Schmuck stuff:

The Encyclopedia Logic by Hegel (much more accessible than most of his work)
New Theories of Discourse by Jacob Torfing (challenging, but extremely interesting)
Lacan, Discourse and Social Change by Mark Bracher (a little simplistic, but in its simplicity at least it manages to explain a great deal about Lacan's four discourses)
Pour Lire Jacques Lacan by Philippe Julien (wonderful so far)
The Cambridge Companion to Walter Benjamin (good for learning to enjoy Benjamin more thoroughly than I used to)

I decided to read the HP series again. I'm on chamber of secrets. I'm also reading a bunch of poetry by various poets. And trying to get myself to finish that orwell book I got annoyed with.

I realised yesterday that my mental and emotional space can be well evauluated by the dozen books or so collected on my bedside table at a given point and their place marks and position in relation to the top of the pile. If I ever need a head doctor I'm not going to talk, just tell them to look at my table.

Finished The Never Enders this morning. Started The Stand and plan on mixing in Warmed and Bound when it arrives. These two books, mixed in with work I've been neglecting, should keep me busy for a while. See you in September.

It tells the story of the life of Dinah and other women from the Old Testament from a feminist's perspective. I recently received it as a present and although it's quite unlike what I usually pick up, I'm really enjoying it.

It tells the story of the life of Dinah and other women from the Old Testament from a feminist's perspective. I recently received it as a present and although it's quite unlike what I usually pick up, I'm really enjoying it.

I'm doing Jesús Ángel García's badbadbad (in preparation for his reading in town this weekend), which is all sexdrugsrocknroll in the bible-thumping South and really good so far. Also beginning to find my way through the Warmed and Bound stories, and resisting the urge to skip around, as great care was put into its chronology and I don't wanna fuck with that.

Prisoner used to be my favorite, but I'm not so sure anymore. This is my fourth time reading them with five reads all ready for Hallows and I'm noticing things I didn't notice before. Namely, the progression of the stories as being more kid oriented to being darker and more grown up, particularly in the way they are written. The major change, I think, comes in the fifth book and progresses through the seventh. I think through multiple readings I've grown a greater appreciation for the last three books. I'm not sure I could pick a favorite anymore.

One of my favorite things about the story has always been the way it progressed in intensity as Harry aged. The story and its themes mature with our hero. Almost as though each book was written in the maturity level of Harry and at an appropriateness level for a person of that age to read.

Yeah so far I like it. I leafed through the graphic novel version a while ago at B&N because my mom mentioned how one of her patient's was supposedly dating Coelho. But now it sounds like she just might be obsessed with the guy after having worked closely with him on a couple movies and projects.

I really like Siddhartha. The Alchemist reminds me more of The Little Prince and I hadn't read the reviews 'til after I thought that and apparently most of the reviewers felt the same way. The Alchemist reads more like a children's story to me than Siddhartha did. Overall I guess The Alchemist kind of falls in between Siddhartha and The Little Prince. All seem to be tales of spiritual/self discovery type journeys.

I really like Siddhartha. The Alchemist reminds me more of The Little Prince and I hadn't read the reviews 'til after I thought that and apparently most of the reviewers felt the same way. The Alchemist reads more like a children's story to me than Siddhartha did. Overall I guess The Alchemist kind of falls in between Siddhartha and The Little Prince. All seem to be tales of spiritual/self discovery type journeys.

I read The Little Prince in high school and remember not caring for it for some reason....yeah, the Siddartha/Alchemist similarity is definitely the journey....both spiritual and physical

I really like Siddhartha. The Alchemist reminds me more of The Little Prince and I hadn't read the reviews 'til after I thought that and apparently most of the reviewers felt the same way. The Alchemist reads more like a children's story to me than Siddhartha did. Overall I guess The Alchemist kind of falls in between Siddhartha and The Little Prince. All seem to be tales of spiritual/self discovery type journeys.

I read The Little Prince in high school and remember not caring for it for some reason....yeah, the Siddartha/Alchemist similarity is definitely the journey....both spiritual and physical

I recently read The Little Prince and used it for this philosophy blog I had to keep for my philosophy/world religions class. It's a really simple book but it's honest in a child like way. I probably wouldn't have cared for it in high school either.

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